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Streaming leader Spotify has purchased two tech start-ups which focus on social and messaging, for an undisclosed fee. The New York-based Cord Project launched in 2014 with messaging app Cord. It…

Western Australia s devastating fires have seen hundreds of families in Yarloop and Waroona lose their homes, with the toll still rising. But the state s music industry has banded together to raise…

FBi Co-founder and President Cassandra Wilkinson has today launched her co-founded label, Lazy Thinking Records. The Sydney-based label takes small cues from overseas indie labels like Mute, Warp and…

PRESS RELEASE: Frontier Touring has announced the cancellation of The Jezabels upcoming Australian dates. The band s world tour has been cancelled until further notice due to the health of…

Le PieUp All Night Look, I ve done my research and yes, it is indeed true that this time last year (well Jan 30 2015 to be exact) I wrote a few stanzas of fruity praise for Sydney newcomer Le Pie and…

PRESS RELEASE: The time has finally come! Laneway Festival gets started in Singapore and New Zealand next weekend with the Australian leg kicking off in Adelaide on Friday 5 February and Brisbane on…

Four years on, and New Zealand s three strikes law is proving to be somewhat obsolete and ineffective in offering copyright holders any real effect in preventing piracy against their works. The…

Paris-based music streaming service Deezer withdrew its IPO (initial public offering) today, citing the market s struggling conditions. As previously reported by TMN, Deezer was set to sell up to 8.2…

More than 60 music industry representatives have joined forces to protect Sydney s live music scene. The alliance was formed at a meeting hosted at Sydney venue Oxford Art Factory yesterday between…

Adele s Hello has become the fastest video to reach a billion views on YouTube. It took 88 days to join the club, breaking the 160 days it took for the former record holder, Psy’s Gangnam Style in…